Improved pocket match-box



S W. FRANCIS.

Match Box.

Patented Jan. 28, 1862,

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL WV. FRANCIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED POCKET MATCH-BOX.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,249, dated January28, 1862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL-W. FRANCIS, of the city and county of NewYork, in the State of New York, have invented a new and Improved PocketMatch-Safe; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a iat box, open at oneend, with a drawer held in by a spring, and with other mechanicalcontrivances, by means of which, when the drawer is drawn in by thespring, after it has been drawn half-way out, one

` match is made-to project out of the box, and,

being pulled, is lighted by inside friction.

Figure 1 is a perspective View. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3is a longitudinal section perpendicular to the first.

A B is a flatbox open at the end B.-

C is a drawer sliding in the box. The metal of the drawer is raised at DD to form a guidepfor spring F.

G G is a slot.

H H is a partition to inclose spring I and sliding piece J.

K is a pin riveted in the box. This pin passes through slot G G, andthus prevents the drawer from being pulled out more than is shown inFig. 2. This pin is also arest for spring F, the other end of whichabutsagainst the edge L of the drawer.

M is another pin fastened in the box.

At N the edge of the drawer is cut away to leave a free passage for thematches.

To iill the box with matches, it is held in the left hand, the opening Nbeing upward, and the matches are pushed in through said opening oneafter the other, the friction material being irst, until the box isfilled.

To use the box, it is held in the left hand, the side O M beingdownward. The drawer is seized with the other hand and pulled out as faras possible. Then let go. The pulling out brings the end of the lowestmatch over pin M, and when the drawer is let go and brought home by thespring F the lowest match, being prevented from receding by pin F, isleft proj ectinghalf-way out through the opening N. This match is thentaken hold of and pulled entirely out, with the care of pressing itsidewise against the rough surface inside of the case. By this means itcomes out lighted.

The object of springI and slide J is to provent the match from fallingout when the box is carried.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patentfromthe United States, is-

The combination and arrangement of the box A B, the drawer C, thesprings F and I, and stopper M, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

SAML. W. FRANCIS.

Witnesses:

P. CASAMAJOR, T. DELENwooD.

